Grauman Collection at AMRC

The Sound of Silent Film

Oct. 9, 2019

Rodney Sauer, founder of Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, donates to the AMRC nearly 4,000 musical scores from silent film era L.A. music theaters, most of them from the early 20th-century Grauman theater chain.

No-No Boy

No-No Boy visits ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ campus

Sept. 30, 2019

No-No Boy’s Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorson visit ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ for a week-long residency on campus in October to share their work with students and faculty about Japanese American internment camp survivors and their stories.

No-No Boy

AMRC gears up for a packed semester of American music

Sept. 23, 2019

AMRC welcomes to campus No-No Boy, Dr. Dwandalyn R. Reece from the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Grammy Award-winner, Dom Flemons, Cuban guitarist Luis Barbería, the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra and others for its biggest (yet) offering of fall events.

Glenn Miler Festival 2019

44th Annual Glenn Miller Festival

June 10, 2019

Visitors and entertainers from around the world converged in Clarinda, Iowa, the Birthplace of Glenn Miller, to celebrate the music and memory of Alton Glenn Miller. The world famous Glenn Miller Orchestra was among the many bands helping to celebrate the occasion.

Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra

Daughter of Dawn Music

March 21, 2019

Susan Thomas introduces a special screening of The Daughter of Dawn, accompanied by live music from the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra (Dir. Rodney Sauer) at the International Film Series. March 18th, 2019.

Persevering Legacy performers

Persevering Legacy

March 20, 2019

The inaguaral Persevering Legacy event hosted by the College of Music's Diverse Musicians Alliance, the AMRC, and the ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ Museum attracts 9news coverage with their work in Wikipedia and a performance of music from the AMRC's Hellen Walker-Hill collection.

josh Kun

A Conversation with Josh Kun

Feb. 1, 2019

KGNU's Indra Raj interviews Josh Kun on January 24, 2019 as part of his visit to ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ to deliver his public talk, "The Art of the Crossfade: Music, Archives, and California" on CU campus.

Glenn Miller

Has great Glenn Miller mystery been solved?

Jan. 17, 2019

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of wartime musician Glenn Miller's aircraft crash could be a step closer to being solved, 74 years after the jazz star's disappearance.

Leonard Bernstein

College collaborates to present CU Bernstein at 100

Sept. 5, 2018

As 20th century American composers go, only a handful of names rise to the level of a Mozart or Beethoven for those outside the classical music world. This fall, the College of Music joins a worldwide celebration of one of them as it puts on CU Bernstein at 100...

Susan Thomas

Meet AMRC Director Susan Thomas

Aug. 15, 2018

It’s the music of our parents and grandparents, of the people who shaped our world. It laid the foundation for the folk and pop music we hear on the radio. It sets the tone for the films we watch every day...

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